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Apr 2019
AS ABOVE SO BELOW

Death manifests itself:
'Are you my death? '

Cleopatra asks.

'Ask the asp! '
Death laughs.

'Are you my death? '
Cleopatra asks.

'Don't ask! '
whispers the asp

as the candle flame flickers

and silence kisses the dark.

Death manifests itself:
'Are you my death? '

Cleopatra asks.

'Ask the asp! '
Death laughs.

'Are you my death? '
Cleopatra asks.

'Don't ask! '
whispers the asp

as the candle flame flickers

and silence kisses the dark.
Donall Dempsey
Written by
Donall Dempsey  Guildford
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